Kilicdaroglu: We want to establish good relations with Armenia

Kemal Kilicdaroglu, leader of the Turkish opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) addressing a meeting at the European Policy Center harshly criticized Erdogan’s government. He disapproved the constitutional amendment adopted at the September 12 referendum expressing confidence that no European Union member state would vote for such Constitution.

According to the BeyazGazete news agency, when asked about the Armenian-Turkish relations, Kilicdaroglu said: “We want to live with all our neighbors in peace and friendship. Mustafa Kemal said: “peace in the homeland - peace in the world.” We want to establish very good relations with Armenia. The two parties should open their archives. We have already opened them. The historians should gather together to study the issue. We also know about the dramatic events of the past but they should not become a subject for malice and revenge. We are obliged to leave a good world to the future generations. Taking the pains of the past to the future can do no good to any society.”

Note that according to some sources, Kemal Kilicdaroglu’s mother is Armenian.